Collapsible magazine holder



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. INVENTOR Daniel B usby ATTORNEY.

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Patented Sept. 18, 1934 PATENT OFFICE COLLAPSIBLE MAGAZINE HOLDER Danie] Busby,

Seattle, Wash.

Application June 1d, 1933, Serial No. 675,745

2- Claims.

This invention relates to magazine holders and particularly to adjustable and collapsible devices for holding magazines inpositions to be read.

Qne object of the invention is to provide lin provements on, and attachments for, my book holder as described in my copendi ng application for patent thereof, filed October 31st, 19-32, Serial Number 640,444, Patent Number 1,928,926; and

particularly to provide an attachment that may be easily applied to and removed from such bookholder, for holding magazines, and soft covered books.

Another object is to provide such holder with a collapsible rack against which the opened pages of soft bound books or magazines may be held, with adjustable clamps for retaining the pages in an opened position thereon to be read.

A further object is to provide an improved collapsible stand for supporting the. magazine and book holder at various elevations with a sustaining arm which may be easily adjusted and latched in a horizontal position for use, and may be easily released and lowered or collapsed when the rack is collapsed to require less space, when not in use, or during transportation, or movement of the device.

A still further object is to provide a standard and a holding lug with two jaws extending from the front of the same, with the inner end of a sustaining arm pivotally connected between the jaws to permit the arm to swing downward and upward, and a lock pin affixed in the standard above the lug. The pin-provided with a head spaced from the standard by a neck, and a scroll brace ailiaed to the top of the armand projected across the pin with an aperture in the brace to fit over the head. With a latch pivotally attached to the brace above the pin provided with a notch in one side thereof to straddle the neck beneath the head of the pin for locking the brace and holding the arm in a rigid horizontal position to sustain a magazine rack, also a lug on the latch for removing the same from the pin to permit the arm to collapse.

With these and other objects-as will appear hereinafter, I have illustrated my invention by the accompanying drawings of which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the assembled v combination with a magazine in open position,

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the upper portion of the standard,

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the latching details for the arm, taken on lines 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged view of the arm latch,

' Figure 5 is a detailfragmentary view of a clamp and binding nut for upholding the top of a bracket bar,

Figure 6 is an enlarged front view of the magazine rack for attaching upon a book holder,

Figure 7 is a topplan of Figure 6, shown with a magazine open on the rack,

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the attachment taken on lines 8-8- of Figure 6, with parts removed,

Figure 91s a sectional top plan of Figure 8, taken on lines 9-9 of Figure 6,

Figure 10 is a perspective view of a spring clamp for holding the tops of the magazine leaves, and

Figure 11 is a detail view of a wire catchfor supporting the rack bars when in expanded positions, taken on lines ll--l1 of Figure 6.

Like numerals on the different figures represent like parts",

. Numeral 12 represents a foot or portable base plate, of suitable dimensions and weight to prevent the device irom tipping over. 13 is a socket post extending up from said foot and in which is slidably mounted a supporting standard rod 14, preferably tubular for lightness and rigidity. In order to assure smooth movement of the rod in the socket, the bore of the latter is larger than the. rod, and a bearing bushing 15, preferably of fibre is aiiixed in the top of the socket, and a fibre plug 16 is afiixed to the lower end of the rod and slldably adjusted to the bore. The rod is held at any desired elevation by a binding screw 17 provided with an extension point 18, which fits into a groove 19 in the rod like. Above the yoke a lock pin 22 is affixed in the standard with a holding head 23, spaced from the rod by a neck 24. A flattened scroll brace 25, is affixed to the top of the arm and extends above the same to a point'beyond the pin and is provided with an aperture 25' therethrough, of sufiicient diameter to pass over head 23.. Said brace binds upon the standard when the. arm is in a horizontal position.

A flattened lock latch 26 is connected to the outside of the brace by a pivot 27 above the aperture, and is provided in one side thereof with a notch 27' for spanning the neck of said pin and carries a lug 28 beneath for manipulating the same when it is desired to lower the arm. Normally the latch hangs down by gravity will on its pivot 27, but when the arm is raised to the horizontal position, the reader swings the latch to one side till the brace is seated against the rod, with head and part of said neck protruding through said aperture. The latch and notch thereof are then pressed over such neck and beneath said head for securely locking the arm horizontally rigid, until such time as the user may desire to lower or collapse the arm for space or otherwise as indicated by dotted lines on Figure l.

A clamp 29 is slidably mounted on the outer part of the arm for carrying a magazine bracket. This bracket is preferably formed with a hori zontal bar 30, for holding a"magazine rack,

integral with a perpendicular bar 31 adjustably connected to the clamp 29. In order to permit the bracket to be turned for convenience in reading, the top bar 31 is threaded into an ex tension lug 32 on the clamp 29. This lug is provided with asplit portion 33 and a compression nut 34, on the outside, for tightening or loosing the bar.

The magazine rack is formed with a perpendicular plate 35 which may be attached to the bracket bar 30 in any suitable manner.-. When used as an attachmentto my .bookholder it is preferably connected to the ,same by clips 36, pressed out frornthe sides of the plate 35, and slidably positioned over the inner edges of the book back supports or guides .37 and 38. These guides being mounted on a horizontal plate 40, which is attached at right angles across the lower bracket bar 30 by a pin 41 and springs 42.

Upper rack arms 43 and 43 and lower rack arms 44 and 44 are connected to the back plate 35, by pivots 45, and adapted to be extended outwardsidewise for supporting the backs of opened magazines in suitable position to be read. Tie links 46 and 46' are pivotally attached to the outer ends of the arms 43 and 43f and provided with jaws 47 at their lower ends adapted to he slid beneathheads of pins 48, ,in the arms 44 and 44' whereby the arms on each side will be held suitably spaced apart. .These links are easily released from pins48 when it is desired to. fold or-collapse the rack,

In order to sustain the arms when outspread, the upper pair are provided with small holes 49 therethrough spaced outside the pivots 45, and spring wire points 50 are freely compressed into these holes through the plate 35 as shown in Figure 11. These points or ends ,may be easily withdrawn by means of loops 51 in the wires. The other ends 52 of the wires are affixed to the back plate 35.

' Projected through the back plate 35 are adjustable clamp bars 53 near the top and 54 near the bottom thereof with narrow fingers 55 and 56 for insertion in the opened centers of magazines for holding the same securely in position against the rack. Pivoted levers- 57 are provided at the rear ends of these clamps for tightening the fingers into the magazine centers when a magazine is being held inplace. The upper bar 53 carries a bushing 59 crosswise through its rear upper corner adapted to receive the ends 6660' of a spring wire clamp 61. This wire clamp is provided with a tension coil 61" which maintains it normally downward over the top front of the magazines to keep the pages open on the rack as shown in Figure 1; but may be easily raised by the reader lifting a bent portion 61" when necessary to turn a page. The lower margins of the pages are held open on the rack by a plate 62 which is mounted over the lower bracket bar 30 on a pivot pin 63, through the top of a binding post 64. Thelatter is slidably adjusted through a perpendicular slot 65 in the said bar 30. Resilient legs 66 project outward from the base of the plate 62, and normally :bend inward over the edges of the last described bar to maintain said plate upright against the front of the pages. Said plate may be manually tipped down, when a new page is to be turned.

An extended slot 53 through the upper end of plate 35 permits-the clamp bar 53 to be raised or lowered to conform with the length of various sized magazines or soft covered books to be held on the rack thereby.

I For the-further convenience of the reader a small stand 67 may be adjustably clamped upon the post for holding a beverage cup as 68 or ash tray, etc. i v

, Having described myv invention, I claim as new for Letters Patent:

l. A collapsible reading rack for magazines comprising a perpendicular back plate adapted .to be attachedto a book holder, a plurality of rack bars pivotally connected to the plate and adapted to swing out from each side thereof, links pivotally. connected to the outer ends of the upper bars, provided with jaws in their lower ends for detachably holding the lower bars in extended position for the backs of magazines, adjustable catches carried on the back plate for holdingthe upper bars in expanded positions and removable to permit the bars to collapse, adjustable fingers at the top and bottom of the plate for binding into the centers of magazines to be held on the rack and adjustable clamps at the top and bottom of said plate for holding the pages of such magazine in an open position on theexpanded rack, to be read. 7

2. A magazine holder comprising a bracket bar, adjustably supported, an upright back plate mounted on the bracket, with rack bars adjustably connected to the plate and adapted to be outspread for supporting backs of magazines, and to be collapsed for reducing occupancy space, the late provided with perpendicular slots near the ends thereof, clamp bars slidably mounted in the slots, with fingers on the front ends thereof, adapted to be drawn into the open centers of magazinesfor holdingthe same rigid upon the plate, levers, on the rear ends of said clamp bars fortightening the fingers against said magazines, a resilient page holder adjustably mounted in the upper clamp for retaining the tops of the pages of said magazine outspread, and a page holding plate pivotally mounted at the base of the plate for retaining the bottoms of said pages outspread, said page holders adapted to be readilyshifted when a new page is to be turned.

DANIEL BUSBY. 

